Vending-machine.



W. F. SWEET. VENDING MACHINE.

APPLIGATION FILED FEB. 13. 1913.

1,114,818, 0 Patented 0ct.27,'1914.

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M'fneases W. P. SWEET. V ENDING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED PEB.13, 1913.

, Patented 001:. 27, 1914.

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VENDING MACHINE.

APPLIQATION FILED 313.13 ms 1,1 14,81 8, Patented 0015.27, 1914.

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' is a spindle 24 which carries a roll of paper 25 on which is printed the policies that are delivered to the purchasers, and journaled in suitable brackets such as 26 to the rear of the brackets 23 is a spindle 27 carrying a roll of paper 28 on which is printed duplicate copies of the policies. The web of paper from the roll28 passes upward and thence rearward over the plate 15 beneath the transfer ribbon 17 and the web of paper from the roll'25 passes rearwardly over the transfer ribbon l7 and thence rearwardly t0 the point of exit from the housing. By such arrangement a name, date and other data written on the policy bythe purchaser when the door 12 is opened is transferred onto the web of paper from -the roll 28, thereby providing copies of all of the poli-. cies issued, and which copies are maintained within the machine. A spring-held frame 29 is pivotallY.Qonnected to the brackets 23 and carries a friction roller 30 which normallv engages the surface of the roll '25 to hold the same against over-movement, when the machine is actuated. A corresponding frame 31 is pivotally mounted on the brackets 26 and carries a friction roller 32 which normally bears against-the surfa'ceof the roll 28. Located in the upper right hand corner of the housing is a pair of plates 33 and 34 which are spaced apart a distance slightly greater than the width of the proper coin utilized for operating the machine, and leading into the space between these plates through the top of the housing 10 is a short coin chute 3,5. Formed integral. with the. lower edge of the plate 33 immediately below the chute 35 is a horizontall disposed ledge '36, and arranged to slide freely through the plate 33 immediately above this ledge is a pin 37 having a beveled inner edge. and which pin is carried on-the free end of a very light spring 38, the opposite end of which is fixed to the plate 34. The inner plate 83 immediately above the ledge 36 and in front of the pin 37 is cut away to form an opening 39, and immediately above said opening the plate 33 is extended inward to form a pair of oppositely disposed points 40, the space between which is slightly less.

- than the diameter of the coin required to operate the machine.

Connecting the truunions of these rollers 44 and 45 outside the plate 34 is a link 46,

and connecting the truunions of said rollers out-side the plate 33 is an inverted Ushaped link 47. Formed in the plate 33imii1ediately above theopening 39 and the horizontallydisposed'slot 41 is an opening 48. Leading,

from the opening 39 downward and thence forwardthrough the housing 10 to apocket 49 on the front wall thereof is a coin cliute 50 which is for the: purpose of returning to- .a would-be purchaser of a policy an undersized coin or a coin of less diameter than the proper coin required for operating the ma-' chine. Leading from the space between the plates '33- and 34 and beneaththe curved slots 42 is a short coin chute 51, the lower cally disposed tube 52,, which latter is adapted to receive and contain. the proper coins which have been utilized for actuating the machine. Coins, on passingv into the tube 52, pile uoone on top of the other, and 7 thus if a person operates the machine with a counterfeit coin of proper size or with a slug which is equal in slze to the properncoin, the person having charge .of the vending machine can readily ascertain; by coiinting the coins, which policy was delivered by the the lower endof which is pivotallv connected to the trunnion of the roller 45, and thus as the projecting portion of said hand 3 lever is manually engaged and pulled for Ward, the roller 45 will be moved through the curved slots 42., and the'rolljer 44- will be moved through the horizontally disposed slots 41., Fulcrumed on a stud 54 projecting inwardly from the right hand side wall .of the housing is a l'ever55 on the rear end of which is jourualed-a roller 56, the same occupying a position in the" slot 43. The op. posite end of this lever is provided with a lug 57 which normally engages against the loo lmverend of the quadrant plate 14, thereby 59. in the upperportion of which is formed a notch 60. Located on the lower. portion of this rod 59 is a collar 61, and located'on said rod between said collar and the lower .125

one of the bearings 58 is a compression spring 62. Pivot-ally connected-to the rear:

end of the lever 55 is the upper eudof a link 63, the lower end of which is bent laterally to form a bearing 64 which slides freely;

v so end of which communicates with a vertiv m and arranged to slide therethrough IS "a rod 1 1 5.39011 50C: :2 1s i-he han f is beaming 85 1s a upper and. cmrmed piased arm. 99, the lewer 1 1 rungs thereby v es :1 miter 91 wh ch m ommlly he lug T4 thereby 7g a .me b "31% position with the s adafied t0 knife 8" heaving fi rectly upon the Cfinplate :0 the rear of he 0 ing 8%, thus 010sis one in epening 11nd makmg impossible 3% th: O' '0 Lampe v." the parts Within the ms 75 aid e'pening. A shaft 32 is s "1% Walls of the housmg i 011w: Q3636? 8, and upon said of {1%, which wars directly wail of agzmrw D; T 71? poke-1:5 lssued 1' by th s machine pas; bsmeen. the rollers 88 and and pass from thence through the opening 84; Fixed upon the gear Wheel 9% which meshes with the pinion S9 and the gear Wheel "5 85 in a suitzflsie hearing in the right Jen rnaieu bani side a of the hum a slee e and. 100th. Lou'sfl a fixed a Wh v 9 "thereon is a gem Wheel 9 vided its 9 7.. ma as with :1 union 96 Winch 5-. mid i is journaR-fl. 0n :1 suitable stud and the gear wh ael 1L. unosel 30.1% v 9:) 13 one end of; :1 pm I 111a mum: the copies 0f ncnme. z

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. A 9nd 0: H rlown'wahi ueiwex and finally rests mpposlte sldes 0;? 'the paints +10 the spring 38, andif an under-sized coin or acoin smaller than the one required to operate the machine is inserted in the chute 35, it will, by reason of its under-size and light weight, be forced off the'ledge 36 by the spring-pressed pin 37, and will pass between the points 40, thereby dropping into j the chute 50 through which it will passto the pocket 49 at the front of the machine.

Thus it will be impossible to operate the machine with a coin smaller than the coin of proper size,'and said smaller coin will be returned to the person making the attempt to operate the machine. When a coin of proper size has been deposited in themechine, it rests upon the ledge 36 immediately in front of the roller 44. The operator now -engages the handle 53 and pulls the same 4 forward, thereby moving the roller 45 through the curved slots 42 and movingthe roller 44"forwardly through the horizontally disposed slots 41. This movement of the roller 44 is accomplished by reason of its being connected to the roller 45 by the links 46' and 47. During the forward movement of the roller 44 it bears against the coin on the ledge 36, thereby moving said coin forward, and during such movement the forward upper edge of'the coin bears against the roller 56 on the rear end of the lever" 55, thereby elevating said roller through the I slot 43, and consequently, elevating the rear end of said lever 55 and causing the forward endthereof to lower. As soon as the forward-end of this lever carrying the lug 57 moves downward a sufiicient'distance to clear the quadrant plate 14, the Weight of said plate will cause the same to swing door 12 is opened the person purchasing thedownward over the top of the lug 57, thereby opening the door 12. The forward portion of the movement of thelever 53 moves the coin from beneath the roller 56, there by releasing the same, and said coin drops into and through the chute 51 and passes from thence into the tube 52. As soon as the policy writes upon the exposed portion of the web from the roll 25 above the plate 15 his name, date and other necessary data, as given in the instructions, and the matter thus written on the top web of paper is upward on the rod 59 until the pin 67 carried by the lowerend of the spring drops in o the notch 60 in said rod, The operator,

ai'ter writing the data on the exposed portion of the policy beneath the open door, follows directions and closes said door, which action swings the plate 14 upwardly and rearwardly beyond the lug 57, and the levertance, thereby carrying with it the rod '59 h'yreason-of the engagement of. the pin 67 in the notch 60. This downward movement of the rod 59 draws the upper end thereof outof the notch or shoulder7 6 in the edge of the disk 75, and such downward movement compresses, to a slight degree, the spring 62. The upper end of the rod 59, having thus withdrawn from the notch in the disk 7 5, said disk is free to rotate with the parts 73 and 72 on the stud 69. The operator, after closing the door 12, following directions, engages the projecting portion of the hand lever 79 and pulls the same forward to its limit of movement, and the sprocket chain 81 connected. to said hand '16-,- var operating on the sprocketwheel 70 ro tates the same together with the disk 71 upon the stud 69. The pawl 78,]carried by the 'gear wheel 7 2, engages the shoulder formed in the edge of thedisk 71, and, as aresnlt', said gear wheel 72, disk 7 3 and disk 7 5 are rotated with the disk 71 and sprocket wheel-70. As soon as the disk 73 is moved 'a short distance the roller 91 on the lower end of the arm 90 rides off from the lug 74 onto the low portion of the edge of'sai'd disk, and under the influence of its s ring, said arm 90 is shifted slightly, there y permitting the. housing 85 to rock slightly'in its bearings, and as a result, the knife edge 86 is elevated a sufiicient distance from the plate against which it normally bears to permit the web of paper forming the policy to issue through the slot 8421s the rollers 88 and 93 are rotated; 'Asthe gear wheel 72 is rotated its motion is transmitted to the roller 93 by means of the gear wheel 94, mounted on the'spindle 92, and in'turn this rotary motion is transmitted to the roller 88 by.

means. of the pinoin' 89, mounted on the spindle 87. Likewise the'rotary motion of the gear wheel 7 2 is transmitted to the spindle 97 through 'the mediumtof the'pimons j, 96 and 96, and thecarbon copies of the ,l, policies issued are thus wound" onto said?" spindle 97 to form a permanent record of all 7 policies issued from themachine. The spindle 97 is loosely mounted in'the sleeve 95, but the spring-99 forms a frictionalc'onnection between the gear wheel 96 and the disk 98 which is mounted on the-spindle 97, therefare causing these parts to rotate simultaneously. yet permittingthe spindle 97 to retate diflerentially with'respect to the gear wheel 96 as the roll of paper increases in I size on said spindle. The movement of the hand lever 79 which actuales the chain 81 is suilicicni LC rotate the sprocket Wheel 70 anrl (lisl: Tl one cmnpletc revolution, and consequently the sprocket Wheel T2, disk and disk 77 niulzc one revolution following 5 an cellist-ion of 'chchnnrlle 79. the disk coznplcies ils revolution the log 74: is brought into engagement- With the roller 91. thsrc'oy moving {he suinc outward. and as a result acinatin y the arm 90. which movement locks the housing 8' in its bearings and causing llic knife ctlgc i ward onto chc adjacent l opening 8 her v cutting off that portion or the policy which issued through said opening and which isc be received by ilic purcr During the rotation of the disk 75 the lug T? curried thereby boars ngoinst'the end of the pin 66. thereby nim'ing the some and the spring 61 outward away from the link (33, and as ult, the gin 67 moved out of tho notch 60. mercliy permiil'ing the rod 59 to more upu'urrl mule! thc iniu'ence of rho spring (52. and the end of said IQfl bears against thc if he rlisk T7, and when the some olcterl iEs revolution the upper erul or i drops into the notch or shouliler the edge of said (lisli. {horror loc curls further nuju'enie-nt umil t ichine is subsequently octuutcil alter lhc ins iiion of a proper coin. is the lmncl 1 is moral forward the tcclli on line edge or" oawi ennu tho pinicr l v purliully rotating the h F r 35 some. anal as r the roller 18 is purholly rota tcii the *1 slightly shifting the ribbon IT. A for th hunrlie 79 has been its limit of inovcmont to :cnicnts ust described, 1 and 11: returns fro its pulled ilitirwziril to ing nhonc the. r snirl handle is rehnornml oosilio" (1 under the influence of the sorin :42. clu nc which return movement the sprocket n nee! T0 and clisk 71 rotate reverseiy Without offer-ting the gear wheel "Z2 and ports fix-ed thereto, and (luring this reverse rotary movement of the (11s.: 71 the 8 ridcs on (he edge of said disk and 1 into position behind the of said disk. in nu iinproiwl conslruction v s lc, can ljQ rczulily opcruicrl, y compact. unrl occupies out vci little SPACE upon ilosk'or couniicr.

The coins rec-e ml in payment for issue-cl policies pile no within the who nrul us the position ills coins Within suirl lube corrcspoinl with the policies issued by the it ll be a comparatively easy the particular policy 1 matter to ascertain issuecl upon the insertion of a counterfeit coin or a slug equal in size and Weight to the coin required for payment of the policy and for operating the machine.

It Will bc readily understood that minor changes in the size, form and construction opening, which shelf forms a sinaporr pair of rollcrs arranged with the discharged web of all of the various parts of my irntgrovecl vcncling machine may be made and substi suce-sl for those heroin shown and rlcscribcd out departing from the spirit of my invention, the scope of which is set forth in lake appended claims.

I claim:

1; In a machine of the class clescri ciii s casing having on opening, a shelf below swirl or webs of paper from rolls contained uni-inn the. machine, a closure for the openin s quadrant pla ce carried by said closure, Whi-c quadrant plate is positioned Wiihin the ing, a lever Within the casing. and s on the cnd of said lever, which lug ea n the front eclgc of the quadrant plate so 1 the closure in closed position.

2. In a machine of the class described, housing provided with an opening, shell Sc beneath said opening over which shelf Wr i of paper are adapted to pass, there second opening formed in the housing through which one of the Webs of paper l3 adapted to discharge, a pair 01'? rollsrs driven, a driving pinion nicsnnif pinions on the lower roller, :1 sprm arntchc and pawl connection be sprocket Wl18l and the driving min operating on the sprocket tractile coil spring fixed to one ncl 43;

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i the other enrl of said sproclicl c 3. In :1 nmchinc oi tho class (l casing. having :1 )npcr slisclm a pair of rollers arranged \\'i and zuluptml to discharge through Slllil owning, means wherein.- rollers are -in1u:mncously driven a circular housing arranged for rocking incnt innncilintcly to one sirle of the (lischm'gc opening, which housing inclosss tho upper one of the discharge rollers, one, cclg'c of which housing is sharpened so as to the discharged web of paper, and moan: n ull'ccting a rocking inoreincn't of she ho to bring the sharp crlge thercuf into munt with the web of paper.

l. in 21 machine or the class (lcscri'oc msiilfi; inning 11 paper (lischsr c cor-inn sorockc'rchain, and u hand lover conncctc-ai to i and adapted to discl'nirge through sairl opcning inesns rollers are simultaneously lll'l circular housing arranged for melt nientimmediately to one charge mooning which liousin upper one of the clischsrgc r of which housing shsrgocnc to oneend of said housing, which arm projects downwardly into the machine ,honsing, andmeans within the machine housing for engaging the lower end of said arm to effect a rocking movement of the semi-circular housing and bring the sharp edge thereof v into contactwith the paper at the discharge opening. I

5. In a machine of the class described, a

casing having a paper discharge opening, a

pair of rollers. arranged within the casing and adapted to discharge a web of paper semi-circular housing, thereby closing said discharge opening, means within the machine housing for rocking the seini circula'r housing so as topwithdraw the sharpened edge thereol from the plate to permit the discharge of paper between said plate and the sharpened edge of said semi-circular housing, and which last mentioned means also effects a rocking movement of thehoussense is 'ing to bring the sharpened edge thereof into engagement with the plate to sever the 500 tion of paper which has passed through the discharge epening.

6. In a machine of the class described, a casing having a .paper discharge opening, a

pair of rollers arranged. within the casing and adapted to discharge a web of paper through said opening, means whereby said40 rollers are simultaneously driven, a semi circular housing arranged forrocldn movement immediately to one side of t e dis charge epenin which housin incl'oses the upper one of t e discharge ro ers, one edge of which housing is she ened so as to chine, a roller on the lower end of said arm,

sever the discharged web 0 paper, an armfixed to oneend of the semi-circular housingand projecting downwardly into the ma against said roller, and means for "simultaneously actuating the feed rollers and the eccentric disk.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix-iny signature in the presence oftwowitnesses,

this 10th day of February, 1913. r

' -W'ELCOMEF. SWEET.

Witnesses: i

M. P. SMITH, M. A. HANDEL.

can-eccentric disk, the edge'of which bears: 

